About this role
Job summary
Matron Critical Care and Outreach - Band 8a
Full time hours - 37.5hrs/week - Permanent
The Matron will ensure the delivery of exceptional patient centred and safe care to patients across Critical Care. The Matron should be highly visible and accessible. They should be an exemplaryrole model for nurses, leading by example and empowering staff to undertake a greater range ofclinical tasks to modernise and improve patient care. This role is key to supporting the delivery of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy.
You will be responsible for maintaining an environment which is conducive to the delivery and maintenance of a high standard of patient centred care, with the delivery of good communicationand relationships between staff within the hospital and outside agencies, patients, relatives and visitors.
You will be responsible for enhancing existing services in and establishing new ways of working focussing on quality, innovation, productivity and prevention. You will be expected to participate in Greater Manchester Critical Care Network Meetings.
They will provide clinical and managerial leadership to a defined clinical area, ensuring that nursing standards are monitored and maintained; that the patient's environment is safe and meets environmental standards; that Department budgets are balanced and that staff are personally andprofessionally developed. Provide strong management support to the Head of Nursing for Surgery, Women's and Children's.
Main duties of the job
1. PROFESSIONAL / CLINICAL: To act as a role model to provide expert advice and to demonstrate best practice in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
2. To be an active agent of change and ensure the role of the Team Leader is continuously developed in line with local circumstances and national standards.
3. To ensure the overall effective use of resources and continuous improvements in service delivery.
4. Responsibility and accountability for assisting to manage budgets with the Band 7's and Business Manager and leading on the performance and modernisation agenda within Critical Care,
5. To support the Trust's corporate objectives and the processes by which they are achieved, including clinical governance, controls assurance, risk management and capacity planning
6. To support complaint investigations as and when required, compiling responses to be made available for signature as appropriate.
7. To participate in the First on-call rota.
8. To have lead responsibility for the delivery of patient care across Critical Care.
9. To lead service design and redesign with staff in developing programmes of care and patient pathways to provide the best evidence based care that the organisation can deliver.
10. Provide effective, professional leadership and co-ordination throughout Critical Care.
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
Compassion Accountability Respect Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job description Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Essential and diserable Essential
Registered Nurse Degree in Nursing OR working towards OR equivalent level of study OR equivalent experience Demonstrates extensive experience at senior level (Band 7) Surgical Experience at a senior level (Band 7) Demonstrate evidence of extensive post registration experience of nurse management experience in an acute Trust or Healthcare Economy. With ability to demonstrate: ? Management / supervision / coordination skills ? Leadership skills ? Ability to self-manage ? Ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries Broad understanding and experience of managing nursing operational issues in an acute Trust. Knowledge of NHS modernisation agenda together with an understanding of current issues in nursing policy and practice Able to demonstrate highly developed communication skills: Management qualification/ leadership course or equivalent experience. Time management, prioritisation and organisational skills Evidence of Change management Evidence in leading on a quality improvement
Desirable
Evidence of professional /academic development to Masters level or equivalent OR study in progress or willing to undertake. Ability to manage Budgets and charitable funds. Good and demonstrable understanding of nursing deployment issues and nursing workforce profiling/ skill mix.
diserable Essential
Good and demonstrable understanding of nursing deployment issues and nursing workforce profiling/ skill mix.
essential Essential
Demonstrates extensive experience at senior level (Band 7)
essential Essential
Degree in Nursing OR working towards OR equivalent level of study OR equivalent experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address Tameside & Glossop
Fountain Street
Ashton under lyne
OL6 9RW
Employer's website https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)